Nope.

 

no

No

No, but most of my journeys are short and in town,

 

When I first started driving, my father was a bit concerned that I hadn't bought any snow chains. I've never seen anyone using snow chains in the Gloucester area. My father never drove and he was probably basing his views on the time back in the 1930s when he was in a car with his boss on a journey from Gloucester to London in the depths of winter. Every few miles on the journey he was told by his boss to get out of the car and to clear the snow away from the windscreen (windscreen wipers were frozen solid so useless). My father worked in a solicitors office and they had to go to London to attend a court case. When they got to London they waited for a couple of hours only to be told that the case had been delayed because of the weather, so they then came back to Gloucester.

Mr Woo did for the first time this year. He changed them a few weeks ago and is just soooooooooooo made up that it's snowing

I have a spare tyre round me middle summer and winter 

http://www.autosockdirect.co.u...rw-bQCFSHHtAodtnoATg

 

SNOW SOCKS

 

 

I have a friend who works for a well known tyre manufacturer. He had his changed a few weeks ago. As you would expect, he advocates having Summer / Winter sets.

 

I don't do a lot of driving so it would be a waste for me and especially as I'm looking to sell the car this year.

We have Swiss friends - apparently you have to change to winter tyres by law there. He was telling Mr Woo how wonderful they were - Mr Woo is like a kid with a new toy driving through the snow - keeps telling me how wonderfully they grip the road yardy yah, yah ...............as if I care 

They are rubbish, they  rip and fall apart after a use.

No, I don't even move my car off the drive when it snows. 

Ours has been in the garage since Sunday and remains there until tomorrow. I read an article in t'Grauniad about how they are compulsory in other countries and how they might prevent accidents here.

Have you used them Jackson?

Is that why you're called "Garage" Joe?

I have tyre paranoia....  and would love to be able to afford/justify changing to winter tyres.... 

 

my paranoia stems back to a near death experience, aquaplaning across a busy A road only managing to get back control of the car & turn with the nose of my car literally cm's from the side barricade bit of the road...  

 

anyways...  turned out my father (who had helped me out getting my car through MOT earlier in the year) had taken the recommendation of the mechanic and got me cheap KDF tyres (KDF = Korean Ditch Finders   my brothers name for them) and they were crap.

 

Got nice branded tyres now 

 

and I make sure I stay under 60 mph in the wet 

There are definitely good and bad tyres but ...

 

The prblems i'm having with my current car has to be due to tyre width and its contact with the road.

My skinny tyred Corolla went everywhere - never slid around.

My fat tyred Laguna is like a death trap no matter wot tyres I fit

My now departed dad used to say "let the tyres down a little when driving on snow" 

Dunno if thats good or bad advice cause I dont drive but he never had an accident in more that 50 years of driving..

Sainty, is your Corolla a rear-wheel drive? We had a Ford Sierra which was and it skidded about all over the place. Front-wheel drives are better in the snow.

No, my mate bought some, and he used them, they lasted about 3 days, so I kept  my cash in my wallet., they cost him some thing like £90!

Front wheel Yogi - i miss it - it was soooo sure footed even on remoulds

If they are used incorrectly  - as in driving on clear tarmac between snowed up areas - it can cause them to shred.

If driven over 50mph it can cause the same